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The history of Canada during World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually active in nearly every theatre of war , most combat was centred in Italy , [ 1 ] Northwestern Europe, [ 2 ] and the North Atlantic.
Pages in category "Canadian military personnel killed in World War II" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
A Small Price to Pay: Consumer Culture on the Canadian Home Front, 1939–45 (2013) Broadfoot, Barry. Six War Years 1939-1945: Memories of Canadians at Home and Abroad (1974) Bryce, Robert Broughton (2005). Canada and the cost of World War II. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-2938-0. Chartrand, René; Volstad, Ronald (2001).
Canadian dead at Dieppe, August 1942 Canadian prisoners being led away through Dieppe after the raid. Credit: Library and Archives Canada / C-014171. Of the nearly 5,000-strong Canadian contingent, 3,367 were killed, wounded or taken prisoner, an exceptional casualty rate of 68 per cent. [68] The 1,000 British Commandos lost 247 men.
Canadian war cemeteries are sites for the burial of Canadian military personnel who died in conflicts since Canadian Confederation in 1867. Most of the graves are for the dead in the First and Second World Wars. But, some are for conflicts since 1945. Most are found abroad—mainly in Europe—and a few are within Canada.
The British recorded 62 killed and 134 wounded in the action, [30] although it is unclear if this includes Canadian casualties. German figures are imprecise with prisoners of war being recorded as 601 in some sources [25] [40] and up to 1,600 in others. [30] Casualties are similarly unknown, although could have been as high as 3,000. [30]
The 2nd Canadian Division, an infantry division of the Canadian Army, was mobilized for war service on 1 September 1939 at the outset of World War II.Adopting the designation of the 2nd Canadian Division, it was initially composed of volunteers within brigades established along regional lines, though a halt in recruitment in the early months of the war caused a delay in the formation of ...